Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 am Daily Mass: Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am Friday: 11:00 am. Holy Days: See Bulletin for schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am Fridays: 11:30 a.m. Saturday: 3:00 - 4:45 PM or anytime upon request. Centers of Mercy-St Catherine’s, Trumbull on Tuesday from 7-8:30 pm & St Theresa, Trumbull on Thursday, 7-8:30pm

Sacrament of Baptism: All are requested to call the Parish Office. Parish Membership: Welcome! Please introduce yourself to the parish staff and stop by the Parish Office and register. Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements are to be made 8 months in advance. Please call the office for infor-mation and to meet with the Pastor and begin Marriage Preparation classes. Hospital and Home Visitations: Please notify the parish of family illness.

Godparent and Confirmation Sponsor Requests: Any parishioner of Christ the King who wishes to act as a Godparent for the Sacrament of Baptism or as a Sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation must be registered with Christ the King Parish, be at least 16 years of age, have received all three sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Holy Communion, and Confirmation) If Married, married according to Catholic teaching in the Church, and regularly attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. Please contact the parish office at 203-268-8695 for more information, or to request a sponsor form.

Adoration–Every Monday from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. We will pray the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Come, Pray the Rosary every morning 7:30 a.m. before 8am Mass Rosary– Tuesday evenings, at 7:00pm Prayer Line – Mary Ann DeFusco, 261-4378 or Barbara Sliva at 268-6108. Knights of Columbus, Council 2961 meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30pm in the Christ the King Parish Hall. If you are interested in joining, please email knights2961@gmail.com.

Christ the King Catholic Church

4700 Madison Avenue, Trumbull CT 06611 Parish Office: 268-8695

Faith Formation Office: 261-2583 Fax: 268-9265

www.christthekingtrumbull.org Email: ctkparish@aol.com

JANUARY 5, 2020

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Parish Staff Fr. Walsh, Pastor,

Don Brunetto, Deacon Fr. Marcel Saint Jean, In Residence

Mary Ann DeFusco, Trustee Carlos Perez, Trustee

Anthony & Tina Mancini, Co-Youth Ministers Eileen Wilkins, Faith Formation Director,

Noreen Douglas, Asst. Faith Formation Director Rebecca Barko, Director of Music

Lorraine Elmo, Assistant Director of Music Joseph Peddle-Finance Chairperson

EPIPHANY - Fr. Terry Walsh

“Today the Bridegroom claims his bride, the Church, since Christ has washed her sins away in Jordan’s waters; the Magi hasten with their gifts to the royal wedding; and the wedding guests rejoice, for Christ has changed water into wine, alleluia.” – Antiphon for Canticle of Zechariah, the Epiphany Imagine what it would it have been like to have had a front row seat at the Creation of the Universe? Imagine the sheer joy filling the face of God; joy exploding from within the Trinity at each glorious burst of creation: Fiat! Let there be Light! Oh, the ooohs and ahhhs at the end of each day. Imagine the approving smile, the utter happiness and pure delight. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:1-4). Out of sheer love, God created all things out of nothing. And even after the Fall, God rescued man from ‘the pit of destruction’ through the light of grace. As St. Paul put it: “He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son” (Colossians 1:13). We receive that gift of light through a process of Conversion, responding to His invitation to share in His love. St. John explains that Jesus, the Word, is Light – He is love. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:1-5). Light brings warmth and peace. We have a natural inclination toward it. Darkness, on the other hand, threatens us, leaving a cold and murky feeling. Darkness causes us to stumble and fall away, even to the exclusion of fulfilling our true end, union with God in eternal ‘Light, Happiness, and Peace.’ The Epiphany bursts through ignorance and doubt and opens the door of hope. The Light of Truth attracts us to all that is good and pure and beautiful and enables us to ‘walk through the dark valley,’ unafraid, as it were. And yet, just like Adam, our weak human nature is vulnerable to deception, vulnerable to darkness pretending to be light. How is it that we have allowed darkness to overshadow the Light and so draw many souls away from the Truth? How could any reasonable person, for instance, argue that abortion is good? Just as Adam’s eyes were darkened by the film of pride, so too are the eyes of those who oppose the Light of Truth. Adam preferred a shiny apple more than he desired the light of grace. Consequently, he led mankind into the desert of darkness. Yet, throughout time, man persisted in his search for light. Consider Socrates and Plato. Imagine the joy they would have experienced had they had the opportunity to encounter Jesus and so discover that the Truth they so desperately sought to understand was actually not a thing to be sought but rather a Person to be loved and adored. And if they lived in our day, knowing the Truth, would they not be amazed at the utter neglect of the Light? Would they not marvel that so many walk right by Him in our world today, preferring the darkness, drinking a different sort of hemlock of the soul - willful ignorance? We have many shiny apples before us. We don’t even have to go pick them. They come to us every day through the media, through conversations, through a willingness to “call evil, good” so that we may do as we please. Jesus came to heal us of the darkness of our concupiscent tendencies: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life. But we have to want to be healed; we have to want to be filled with the light. St. Paul exhorts us: “Let us cast off deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light” (Romans 13: 11-12). Jesus is the Light. This celebration of hope brings great joy to all humanity. Imagine what it meant to Jesus, whose boundless love obliterates the darkness and fills those who seek him with the light of truth. But would he find willing vessels? Like St. Paul, who encountered our Risen Lord on the road to Damascus, we too fall prostrate before him in our daily prayer and our willingness to shoulder the Cross. He will lean down to lift us up into the Light. Faithful daily prayer draws in the Light and opens the soul to a greater capacity to bask in the Light. Consequently, we are able to act with greater love and so draw others into the Mystical Body of Christ. Our spiritual vision becomes clear and we gain the grace of strength to remain in the light; that is, to tear away the glitzy disguise covering the face of darkness, which only pretends to be light. Jesus warns us how great the darkness will be for those who choose it. He calls us out of that terrible existence through humble obedience, which he demonstrated through his own perfect sacrifice. “Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light” (Luke 11: 34). “I am the Light of the world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

– John 8:12

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EPIPHANY OF THE LORDEPIPHANY OF THE LORDEPIPHANY OF THE LORDEPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Mon. 1/6 8am +JULIA MARIANI

Vincent & Nancy Bassani

Tue. 1/7 8am +PHILOMENA CULLEN

Mary Ann DeFusco

Wed. 1/8 8am +MICHELE FEHER

Iolanda deMeis

Thrs. 1/9 8am +MARGOT LOWELL

Ann & John Gueterman

Fri 1/10 11am +MICHAEL CASEY, SR.

Noreen & Mark Douglas

Sat. 1/11 5pm +ANNA RISKO FEOLA

Mom, Eduardo & Joey Sun. 1/12 8am PARISHIONERS OF CHRIST THE KING

9:30am +ANGELO JAMES MAGLIOCCO

Family

11am +ELIZABETH HANCE

9TH ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN The Hance Family

Please Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The SickPlease Pray For The Sick Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our Let us remember in our prayers the sick of our

Parish especially:Parish especially:Parish especially:Parish especially: Jim Reilly, Nancy, Msgr. DiGiovanni, Sr. Maria, Leslie Hume, Lisa, Estelle Murray, Chris Ghitsa, Joan Ferrante, Megan Bobroske, Marco LaCroix, Mary O’Connor, Janet Plonka, Nick, Don Watt, John Carmolingo, Sean, Patricia Bullett, Necita Belfort, Marlene, Ralph, Josephine LoPresti, Louise, Deacon Don, Raymond Michele, J oseph Janusaitis, Scott, Robert, Emil, Ann, Mike, Dawn , Kathryn, Todd Burr Leah Sharibu, Msgr. Tom Powers, Clara Brenneman, Nicole & Colton, John Bowlin ,Mary Battaglia, Robert Blozzon, Danny Ward, Marcelle Saint Jean, Joanne Galante

PPPPlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departedlease Pray For The Recently Departed

Rosina Verrelli MizzoniRosina Verrelli MizzoniRosina Verrelli MizzoniRosina Verrelli Mizzoni James Martin Steidlmayer,

Doris Neto, Michael E. Balestrieri, Salomey Thomas, Michael Valluzzo, Jr. ,

Ruth Justo, Lucille Becker, Ralph A. Cipriani, Kathryn L. Butler

Linda Sliva, Jodianne Castelli Alessandra Faiella, Carole A. Czernota

Cono Babbino,

ADORATION

“There is no greater love given to Catholics than Christ present in the Eucharist.” St. Pope John Paul II

Come and adore Jesus, here at

Christ the King on Mondays from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. We will pray the

Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet . Please join us.

“Come to me all you who are weary

and find life burdensome and I will give you rest.”

COME JOIN US IN PRAYING THE ROSARY

Please join us in praying the Rosary every morning at 7:30 am before the 8am Mass, and on Mondays at 7:00 pm before Adoration, in the Church. Praying the Rosary is a Family Prayer and we encourage families to come and bring their children, and for all parishioners to pray the Rosary for our families and seek the blessings of Our Mother Mary on both themselves and our parish. A guide to praying the Rosary pamphlets are available in the Church entrances.

The Rosary Group will not meet

for the month of January and February. They will resume

in March.

Faith Formation Eileen Wilkins, Faith Formation Director ctkfaithformation@att.net 203-261-2583

December 21-22, 2019

December 25, 2019 2019 2018 Sunday Offertory $6,522.00 $7,734.00 Christmas $10,469.00 $14,474.00 Online Giving $928.00 $956.00

HOSPITALITY/PANCAKE BREAKFAST UPCOMING DATES

Please join us after all Sunday Masses for coffee, refreshments and Pancakes on the dates listed below!

January 5th...Coffee and…

January 12...Pancake Breakfast January 19...Coffee and...

To volunteer and/or sign up to donate baked items, go to

https:ctktrumbull.ivolunteer.com

Important DatesImportant DatesImportant DatesImportant Dates

Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Day Monday, January 20TH Monday, January 20TH Monday, January 20TH Monday, January 20TH –––– NO CLASSES Sunday NO CLASSES Sunday NO CLASSES Sunday NO CLASSES Sunday

January 19th, Monday January 20th January 19th, Monday January 20th January 19th, Monday January 20th January 19th, Monday January 20th & Tuesday, January 21st.& Tuesday, January 21st.& Tuesday, January 21st.& Tuesday, January 21st.

Confirmation Faith NightConfirmation Faith NightConfirmation Faith NightConfirmation Faith Night Sunday, January 26, 2020Sunday, January 26, 2020Sunday, January 26, 2020Sunday, January 26, 2020

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JANUARY UPDATES

Inclement Weather Policy

Monday and Tuesday Classes If the Trumbull Public School cancels classes or has an early dismissal due to inclement weather, we cancel all Faith Formation Classes for the day.

Sundays Classes—In the event there is a storm on Sunday, we will cancel classes no later the 8am on Sunday morning. All cancellations are posted on our website in a RED banner at the top of the page www.christthekingtrumbull.org. Also, weather cancellations are announced of Channel 3 (WFSB).